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Japanese Macaque, Japan

Japanese Macaques grooming (Pete Morris)

Middendorff's Bean Goose, Japan

On the west coast of Honshu we found the hoped-for Baikal Teals and a variety of other wildfowl including the rare Middendorff's Bean Goose (likely a good species in its own right according to recent genetic studies) (Pete Morris)

Greylag Goose, Japan

We were also directed to a vagrant Greylag Goose, which was accompanied by a far more exciting (for us at least)... (Pete Morris)

Swan Goose, Japan

... Swan Goose (Pete Morris)

Swan Goose, Japan

Another view of the rare and impressive Swan Goose (Pete Morris)

Falcated Duck, Japan

We also enjoyed great views of many attractive Falcated Ducks (Pete Morris)

Pallas's Gull, Japan

Moving south to Kyushu, our first stop produced some great gull watching, yielding this fine Pallas's Gull (Pete Morris)

Saunders's Gull, Japan

... some fine, tern-like, Saunders's Gulls (Pete Morris)

Mongolian Gull, Japan

... and even a few Mongolian Gulls including this typically pallid 1st winter (2cy) bird (Pete Morris)

White-naped Crane, Japan

At Arasaki, our attention was of course focused on the cranes as we soaked up the thousands of stunning White-naped Cranes (Pete Morris)